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hi,
Heinz Beyer 8.-JG5 claims vs losses.
I am seeking information of Russian casualties that match with more claims.
With the info of Johannes and Nick Hector i have these coincidences:

*14,5.42 8./JG 5 Fw Hurricane 5km südwestlich Minkino 5km SW Minkino 1835 800 E J 2
VVS Northern Front or VVS KBF. Day's losses include Alexei Stepanovich Khlobystov of 20 GIAP, rammed a Bf109 in P-40E-1 41-24879. Unit also suffered Mladshiy Leytenant Pshenev damaged in combat

*2,6.42 8./JG 5 Fw Hurricane raum Ura Guba Ura Guba area 1323 _____ E ohne name J 5
3 Eskadrilya, 2 GSAP. 3 losses: Serzhant V A Vanjukhim KIA , BH328 of S/SGT P D Klimov forcelanded 2 miles W of Murmansk and returned to unit on horseback and Z5252 of Lt. P P Markov bellylanded on a lake near Mishukovo. Z5252 fell through the ice of the lake and was salvaged 2005, center section of BH328 also recovered

*15,6.42 8./JG 5 Fw MiG-3 raum Liza Bucht Liza Bucht area 1143 _____ E ohne name J 6
*15,6.42 8./JG 5 Fw Hurricane westlich Murmaschi W Murmaschi 1155 5000 E J 7
VVS Karelian Front or VVS SF. Known loss of a P-40E 41-13583 of 760 IAP in combat near Kem. Kapt. Semenov also 20 GIAP lost AK323

*12,7.42 8./JG 5 Fw Hurricane 1423 _____ E ohne name J 12
769 IAP lost St.Serzhant Nikolay Fedorovich Aksinin to fighters this date (was this him?)

*11,9.42 8./JG 5 Fw Pe-2 Virtonniemi area (PQ 36 Ost 1065) 1821 3800 E J 13
*11,9.42 8./JG 5 Fw Pe-2 Virtonniemi area (PQ 36 Ost 1059) 1825 2000/3500 E J 14
*11,9.42 8./JG 5 Fw Pe-2 Virtonniemi area (PQ 36 Ost 2056) 1832 1800 E J 15
121 IAP, 4 losses. Crews were: Mladshiy Leytenant V G Yudin/Leytenant G I Shiryayev both KIA. Leytenant S A Nazarkin/Serzhant S D Ulanov both KIA. Serzhant V P Solovtsev/Serzhant P P Danilets both KIA (but one source says they were actually POW) from No. 40102 and also Starshina V M Samarin returned but Leytenant Shustov stepped on a mine. 40106 came down near Kauhalahti

*19,4.43 8./JG 5 Fw P-40 PQ 2929 1132 5500 E J 23
7 VA or VVS-SF, 1 Soviet loss traced for 5 claims (was it Mladshiy Leytenant Romanov?) Overclaim?

*15,6.43 8./JG 5 Ofw Hurricane raum Murmaschi Murmaschi area 2310 2000 E J 26
*15,6.43 8./JG 5 Ofw Hurricane raum Murmaschi Murmaschi area 2318 1500 E J 27
Soviet losses in this encounter were 1 Yak-7B of 768 IAP, 1 P-40 and 1 Hurricane from 769 IAP. One of the pilots lost was Serzhant I Ya Kolov of 769 IAP, it is uncertain whether he flew the Hurricane or the Kittyhawk
maybe someone has some more information.....
despite being the jg5 the information I have is not bad....
regards